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B1991.046.77
Children, Alitak, 3/52 [four Alaska Native children posed outdoors, dogs in background, Akhiok]
Collection: B1991.046
B1991.046.56
School children, Sh., 8/52 [four children holding “Dental Health” workbooks posed outdoors, Shaktoolik]
Collection: B1991.046
B2005.013.245
Eskimo children, Scammon Bay 6/26/51 [young children posed outdoors, buildings and drying racks in background]
Collection: B2005.013
B2017.029.1651
[children playing outdoors, buildings in background; print date Sep 76]
Collection: B2017.029
B2015.007.45
[four white men posed outdoors holding infants]
Keywords: children
Collection: B2015.007
B1989.016.2141.69
(D-88?) [children playing outdoors in winter, in yard or street between buildings, Nome?]
Keywords: recreation, sports
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.115.4
[three Alaska Native children posed outdoors next to fishing net, Russian Mission]
Keywords: fishing, clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B2013.010.287
Four neighbors at 1021 G St. [four boys standing outdoors]
Keywords: children
Collection: B2013.010
B1970.019.695
[Three unidentified children outdoors, with mountain peak in background]. 2.5 x 4.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection
B2015.007.41
[group of six white children, probably siblings, posed outdoors in summer, wooden buildings in background]
Keywords: families
Collection: B2015.007
b2015.027.149
These start in young to drive the devil out [five young children posed outdoors, holding flags that appear to be kerchiefs tied to sticks, buildings in background]
Keywords: children, religion
Collection: B2015.027
B2016.004.856
Kaltag, ’80 [two young boys carrying packages outdoors; print date Mar 80]
Keywords: children
Collection: B2016.004
B1995.014.109.7
[two children playing outdoors in winter, building with picket fence and lumber pile in background, Russian Mission?]
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.029.1620
[two children posed outdoors, one wearing headscarf, Anaktuvuk Pass; print date Sep 76]
Collection: B2017.029
B2015.007.142
[Alaska Native woman holding infant posed outdoors in winter]
Keywords: mothers, children
Collection: B2015.007
B1989.016.1870.5a
(Group of Eskimo children) [five children in fur-trimmed parkas, one with Western-style brimmed hat, standing outdoors in winter, windmills? in background. color neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.52.2
[group of school children posed outdoors in winter, most wearing Western-style clothing, some with skin mittens, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.75.13
[large group of Alaska Native women and children gathered outdoors in summer, low hills in background, probably Marshall]
Collection: B1995.014
B2000.017.308
Griffin’s [commercial slide. Two young children wearing parkas with fur trim standing outdoors, Barrow? No date]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B2014.019.447
299. Nome, Siberian coast, Gambell. McCutcheon’s Foto, Anchorage [Alaska Native women and children posed outdoors]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.019
B2017.024.3396
June 1971 [two children sit on windowsill facing outdoors; one weariing socks; one barefoot; likely Savoonga]
Collection: B2017.024
B2000.017.305
Hewitt’s Drug [commercial slide. two young children wearing mukluks and parkas with fur trim standing outdoors; no date]
Collection: B2000.017 Morris Reese
B1990.014.2018.1.164.005
54-3; Hall kids - Nancy & Margaret [two children pose outdoors wearing knit hats; Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.164.006
54-3; Hall kids - Nancy & Margaret [two children pose outdoors wearing knit hats; Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.109.10
[two children playing outdoors in winter, one wearing skis, building with picket fence and lumber pile in background, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.109.15
[two children playing outdoors in winter, one wearing skis, building with picket fence and lumber pile in background, Russian Mission]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.109.8
[two children playing outdoors in winter, one wearing skis, building with picket fence and lumber pile in background, Russian Mission?]
Keywords: sports
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.010.2470
[young girl wearing embroidered hat eating ice cream outdoors in winter with dog]
Keywords: children, animals
Collection: B1995.010
B2015.007.129
[two Alaska Native women holding infants, seated outdoors next to log cabin]
Keywords: children, mothers
Collection: B2015.007
B1989.016.1870.5b
Eskimo kids. Hewitt's Drug (Group of Eskimo children) [five children in fur-trimmed parkas, one with Western-style brimmed hat, standing outdoors in winter, windmills? in background. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.029.1635
[man smoking cigarette sitting with three children outdoors, “North to the Future” patch on man’s denim shirt; print date Sep 76]
Collection: B2017.029
B2013.075.87
Kaktovik, 1966 [two young girls in print parkas standing outdoors in winter, buildings in background]
Keywords: children, clothing
Collection: B2013.075
B1995.010.2425
Linda Nappe [young girl wearing winter clothing posed outdoors, dog at left, mountains in background, Anchorage]
Keywords: children, animals
Collection: B1995.010
B1991.046.115
H. Bay, 7/51 [Alaska Native woman with two small children standing outdoors, railroad tracks leading up to school in background, Hooper Bay]
Collection: B1991.046
B1991.046.115
H. Bay, 7/51 [Alaska Native woman with two small children standing outdoors, railroad tracks leading up to school in background, Hooper Bay]
Collection: B1991.046
B2015.007.12
[group portrait of Alaska Native family, with father, mother, and two children posed outdoors next to log cabin, woman wearing Athapascan style beaded mittens and parka, children wearing parkas, man wearing Western style clothing]
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.21
[Alaska Native woman and two children posed outdoors, woman wearing parka and Athapascan style beaded mittens, young girl wearing Western style clothing]
Collection: B2015.007
B2015.007.4
[group portrait of Alaska Native family, with elder woman, mother, and two children posed outdoors, elder wearing spotted reindeer fur parka, mother wearing squirrel fur parka with geometric trim, older child wearing fur parka, younger child wearing cloth parka]
Keywords: clothing, children
Collection: B2015.007
B2016.006.50
50. And future dog team drivers [two young Alaska Native boys outdoors, boy with bicycle in background, buildings at right, Hughes]
Keywords: children, recreation
Collection: B2016.006
B2015.007.15
[group portrait of Alaska Native men, women, and children posed outdoors, two men wearing Western style clothing, one woman wearing spotted reindeer fur parka. Original print damaged]
Collection: B2015.007
B2014.016.068
Eskimo family at Eek on the Kuskokwim River near Bethel [portrait of man, woman, and children posed outdoors, woman holding small child, small boat in background; identified at AFN 2013 as Mr. and Mrs. Steven. Same as B2013.006.1.72]
Collection: B2014.016
B1995.014.54.17
Auction sale after a town member's death, Fort Yukon, 1934 [Athabascan men, women, and children standing outdoors, girl in center eating apple, woman at right wearing Athabascan-style beaded baby belt, Yukon River in background]
Keywords: clothing, food
Collection: B1995.014
B2015.007.82
[composite with two images: Alaska Native woman wearing spotted reindeer fur parka seated on tundra, three Alaska Native children in fur parkas posed outdoors. One print glued to page, one print sewn to page]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.007
B1998.014.1.1160
(O30 Outdoor swimming; 1946 postcard) [swimming pool, children, adults, slide, diving boards, trapeze, ladder, bleachers, umbrellas, sand, chairs, pingpong table, paddle; baseball field, players, houses in background; banner: "Northern Commercial Co; the store for everything"]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2018.023.048a
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle; [outdoor summer scene; people; men; women; children gather as photographer with tripod watches; hats; skirts; blankets; wooden structures; tents’ mountain; possible river or lake in background; possibly Interior Alaska or Siberia; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B2018.023.048b
Curtis & Miller, Commercial Photographers; 625 Colman Block, Seattle; [verso of slide: outdoor summer scene; people; men; women; children gather as photographer with tripod watches; hats; skirts; blankets; wooden structures; tents’ mountain; possible river or lake in background; possibly Interior Alaska or Siberia; hand colored]
Collection: B2018.023
B1979.002.4689
"Snodgrass Kiddies & flowers 1918" [notation was struck through, however image fits caption; same caption appears for sleeve 51 which was empty; sleeve 27; Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, five children posing for portrait outdoors; two boys, three girls, one posed in small wagon, flowers, farmhouse in background, family of M.D. Snodgrass]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC